Norway’s Bounheur ASA has established a new company, Fred. Olsen 1848, dedicated to developing and commercialising new technologies related to renewable energy such as floating offshore wind and floating solar. Fred. Olsen 1848 will focus on the development and commercialization of existing, but als
The government of Australia’s state of Victoria is providing a funding boost of AUD 40 million (around EUR 25.7 million) divided between three offshore wind projects aimed at driving jobs and bringing forward the next wave of renewable energy opportunities. As part of the Energy Innovation Fund, the
Vattenfall has awarded Asso.subsea with a contract for the transportation, installation, protection and commissioning of the 66 kV export and inter-array cables for the Vesterhav Nord and Syd offshore wind projects in Denmark.
Star of the South, Australia’s first offshore wind project, has entered a AUD 43.1 million (around EUR 27.7 million) partnership with the Victorian government to progress key development activities and kick-start a local offshore wind industry. This partnership will see the Star of the South invest
On behalf of Sheringham Shoal Extension and Dudgeon Extension partnerships (SEP and DEP), Equinor has published a summary of its phase two consultation, which took place in the summer of this year. SEP and DEP will double the capacity of the existing Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farms
LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, plans to produce zero waste blades by 2030. The company said it would play a central role in supporting its customers to develop fully circular wind turbines that generate less waste during their production. In practice, LM Wind Power’s vision of zero w
Italy’s Ministry of Ecological Transition has received 64 Expressions of Interest (EoI) for the development of floating offshore wind projects off the country’s coast. The Ministry is working at encouraging the development of a new generation of floating offshore wind farms, and the first round of b
Heerema Marine Contractors is modifying cranes onboard Thialf to enable this world’s second-largest semi-submersible crane vessel to enter the Baltic Sea and work on the Arcadis Ost I offshore wind farm. Heerema Fabrication Group is fabricating the structures needed for the modification of Thialf’s
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has been impacted by a cyber security incident. The incident occurred on Friday, 19 November. As a response, IT systems were shut down across multiple business units and locations to contain the issue, the company said. Vestas has since, together with external
Seaqualize, Van Oord, and the nautical research institute MARIN have trialled Seaqualize’s inline Active Heave Compensator (iAHC), the Delta600. The offshore lifting tool underwent 62 hours of offshore testing in the Dutch North Sea, Seaqualize said. Delta600 was tested for fixed-to-floating, floati
Dogger Bank Wind Farm has officially broken ground for its net-zero carbon Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Base at the Port of Tyne, the UK. At 3.6 GW, the Dogger Bank wind farm will become the biggest in the world when operational in 2026, and be capable of providing around 5 per cent of the UK’s
LS Cable & System and Jan De Nul have completed the first lot of submarine power cables for the Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha offshore wind projects in the Netherlands.
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd’s, a wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Ltd, has secured a contract from a renewable energy company for the construction of two offshore substation topsides worth around SGD 110 million (around EUR 71.6 million). Keppel O&M’s work scope comprises the engineering, procur
Finnish state-owned enterprise Metsähallitus is launching wind measurements for the proposed Korsnäs offshore wind farm. The wind measurements will be carried out in Maalahti and are part of the plans to build the offshore wind farm with a capacity of between 1.3 GW and 2 GW 15 kilometres off the we
